Second preparatory meeting for peace talks with Taliban due in Kabul Monday

The second preparatory quadrilateral meeting for peace talks with Taliban is due in Kabul Monday, Khaama Press reported.

Besides Afghanistan, representatives from Pakistan, the United States and China are participating the meeting who would finalize the roadmap designed to start peace talks with the militant group that has been fighting the
Afghan government for over 14 years.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the roadmap has been okayed by all stakeholders who are putting in efforts to end the bloody war.

It has three steps, pre-negotiations, direct talks and implementation.

The first four-nation conference was hosted by Islamabad on January 11 that discussed how to proceed with plans on the reconciliation process.

Source: MENA